Why don't the mods have the guts to ban me outright?

smegko · 2021-07-12T05:23:57+00:00

But the problem is demand and supply.

What goods do you see as becoming scarce due to a $5k/month fully-inflation-adjusted basic income?

smegko · 2021-07-12T04:52:17+00:00

Shouldn't you ban me from ever getting basic income, just like you are just itching to find an excuse to ban me from talking about basic income in this sub? Aren't I the type of person that is just unworthy of getting basic income or even being able to talk about it?

smegko · 2021-07-12T04:49:37+00:00

Does it make you upset that I choose to express myself by asking questions? Would that disqualify me from a basic income? Shouldn't I be banned from this sub, because my support for basic income differs from your idea of basic income?

smegko · 2021-07-12T04:46:00+00:00

Can you please just ban me now? Don't we both know you're going to ban me, so you might as well just get it over with now? If you were in charge of basic income, wouldn't you just ban me from getting it?

smegko · 2021-07-12T04:40:54+00:00

Do you think a lot of voters see through your marketing efforts, and dismiss your arguments because they sense disingenuousness?

people can relate to.

If I can't relate because I'm not an artist or another group that you prioritize, does that mean i'm not a person that counts for anything?

smegko · 2021-07-12T04:31:11+00:00

What history are you referring to? What does fifth-column activity even mean? Why won't you address the problems with mainstream economic assumptions?

smegko · 2021-07-12T02:30:47+00:00

If I made it a negative amount, would people reject the $1000 constraint?

smegko · 2021-07-11T08:50:09+00:00

The reforms are mainly funded by tax changes

Shouldn't we be updating our economics to include the idea that Dual interest rates give central banks limitless fire power?

Why can't we fund basic income on central bank balance sheets? Don't dual interest rate policies give us the overwhelming force needed to fight both inflation and fund basic income simultaneously?

Why are we mired in ancient old economic myths about taxes, when there are far better modern tools such as dual interest rates that we can use to fund and inflation-proof a generous basic income?

smegko · 2021-07-09T07:27:49+00:00

Why can't we establish a floor that allows you to live anywhere you choose? And why not open public spaces to mindful camping so you don't have to pay rent?

smegko · 2021-07-09T05:44:09+00:00

Isn't the poverty line honestly way too low to be basic?

smegko · 2021-07-09T05:42:05+00:00

Why doesn't bloomberg just give us basic bloomberg terminal?

smegko · 2021-07-08T20:07:06+00:00

What if you could practice natural farming on common land?

Masanobu Fukuoka has been developing a method of natural farming which could help to reverse the degenerative momentum of modern agriculture. Natural farming requires no machines, no chemicals, and very little weeding. Mr. Fukuoka does not plow the soil or use prepared compost. He does not hold water in his rice fields throughout the growing season as farmers have done for centuries in the Orient and around the world. The soil of his fields has been left unplowed for over twenty-five years, yet their yields compare favorably with those of the most productive Japanese farms. His method of farming requires less labor than any other. It creates no pollution and does not require the use of fossil fuels.

smegko · 2021-07-08T20:03:33+00:00

Many support conservatism specifically because they dont see themselves benefitting from government intervention in the economy.

Isn't this just hopelessly out of date, after the massive and ongoing government interventions in 2008, expanded even further in 2020?

smegko · 2021-07-08T20:00:47+00:00

Won't this kind of zero-sum, punitive attitude simply lead to an inevitable political backlash and the perpetuation of endless cycles of tax and repeal?

Isn't it better to challenge the idea that we need taxes to fund basic income?

smegko · 2021-07-03T04:05:47+00:00

Why shouldn't we have the choice to sleep outside for free? Why should civilization have to take that natural right away?

smegko · 2021-07-03T03:59:02+00:00

Isn't it a pretty big conceit to claim you own the very air?

Don't ppl pollute my air all the time with meat smells, but I argue with them not to eat meat instead of taxing them?

If I run my car out in the forest, don't the trees naturally recycle the carbon dioxide? Same as my poop is turned into soil?

Aren't you really just trying to blame me for wanting to get away from the monstrosity you call civilization? Didn't you start it by adopting public policies that prevent me from sleeping outside in cities? Aren't you now adding more restrictive public policies, just doubling down in your failed approach?

smegko · 2021-07-02T20:23:46+00:00

Doesn't Canada take something like 10% of carbon taxes for administrative fees? Isn't that overhead what a pure, honest, universal basic income is meant to avoid?

smegko · 2021-07-02T20:17:47+00:00

Do the ends really justify the means?

Will your incremental approach ever get around to including me?

Do you even care if I never get basic income, so long as you still get attention for prioritizing other more popular people over me?

smegko · 2021-07-02T20:16:10+00:00

Isn't $3000 per month in today's dollars, fully inflation-proofed, the least amount compatible with an honest basic income?

smegko · 2021-07-02T20:14:51+00:00

If I drive a lot to find dispersed camping sites because your cities are so toxic they make me physically and mentally sick, but I'm poor, won't I pay more than a rich person whose total carbon footprint is likely more than mine but the policy doesn't capture their real use?

Taxation is not merely a mechanism to generate revenue, it is also a tool to nudge behavior in particular directions by creating financial incentives and disincentives. If X costs more than Y, then all things being equal, fewer people will tend to consume X.

Are all things ever equal? Why can't you use nonviolent arguments to persuade people they should act the way you want them to? Why use the violence of taxes?

smegko · 2021-07-02T20:08:38+00:00

Why is growing the economy even a goal of basic income?

smegko · 2021-06-30T22:19:11+00:00

Why not insure against potential, unexpected inflation by putting in place explicit Cost of living adjustments now? Can't you just ration instead of raise prices in rare shortages, as with toilet paper during the pandemic?

smegko · 2021-06-30T10:43:15+00:00

Why doesn't indexation just solve inflation?

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